Key Competitive Attractions
The island of Gotland offers an exquisite quality of life, a welcoming and supportive business environment for FDI, and is only a three-hour ferry from Nynashamn, Stockholm.
Growth Gotland is a non-profit organisation whose ultimate design is to generate growth in the region, and strengthen the business community.
Key attributes of the island:
- Excellent healthcare services and international schools.
- Economic strengths in tourism, agriculture, food production, cement, limestone and timber industries.
- One of the highest business densities in Sweden, with over 7,800 companies.
- Among the highest rates of new business creation in Sweden.
- 395 new businesses created In 2008.
- Gotland University provides a pool of qualified workers, and excellent research facilities.
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Visby Airport is Sweden’s 12th biggest airport, with over 305,000 passengers each year.
